Our future has always been
Unpredictable
Uncontrollable
Entirely out of our hands
Only nowadays
We are universally
Confronted by this
Unsettling reality
Every moment of every day
As we collectively
Wait to exhale
We are better served
To use our energy
To live in the now
For it is only
In this singular moment
We know what’s happening
Poems of Pandemic Days by Alice Curley 